Tony Ferguson has left UFC after 14 years with the organization And he joined the Global Fight League (GFL), before his launch scheduled in April 2025, according to an official announcement.
'El Cucuy' debuted for the UFC promotion of Dana White in the Ultimate Fighter 13 on June 2011 and seeks a 26-11 record in her professional career of MMA, which began in April 2008.
His tumultuous history in the Octagon has seen him enjoy a remarkable streak of 12 fights from 2013 to 2019, which included victories about Anthony Pettis and Rafael Dos Anjos.
However, former UFC lightweight interim champion is without winning in his last eight outings, the last flavor victory against Donald Cerrone, when he won by TKO in June 2019 in UFC 238.
Since then, all their fights have ended in a defeat by unanimous decision or a detention, their last arrival to Michael Chiesa by submission in August 2024.
Dana White insisted that she would like to see Ferguson hang her gloves, but the 40 -year -old player clearly has no plans to do so, and is looking for a new challenge with the GFL.
Tony Ferguson joins the Global Fight League (GFL), before launching in April 2025
This comes after Dana White told him to retire after losing to Michael Chiesa in August
Ferguson's last victory at the UFC arrived on TKO in June 2019 against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238
According to the announcement of the organization on social networks, Ferguson will continue to fight in the Welter weight, despite enjoying its most successful years in light weight.
Some notable names that bind Ferguson in the GFL include the social networks Uber-Troll Dillon Danis, and the former UFC Chad Mendes and Yoel Romero stars.
Pettis, Tyron Woodley, Alexander Gustafsson and Kevin Lee are also part of the large number of combatants who have fought in the White organization and have now moved to the new rival league of MMA.
In the past, Ferguson has detailed his many complaints with the UFC and even said that a senior executive forgot to sign a contract.
He was stripped of his employers before his defeat by knockout by Michael Chandler in UFC 274 and deepened his problems.
“When I obtained the contract for Chandler, a margin arrived that said they were going to extend my contract, and I said:” Why? “He explained at MMA's time.
'And they do many of these things, so I questioned it. A closed mouth does not feed. When I questioned, I questioned (UFC Coo) Hunter (Campbell), and what he said was: “Oh, I don't remember signing that.”
“And I thought:” Excuse me? ” I thought: “I, I, I have been ready to fight,” and wanted to extend my contract if we fight for it, and ended up taking it, because they sign documents that not read, and that really took me away.
'El Cucuy' has lost its last eight fights, all of them come for unanimous detention or decision
He has previously had problems with White and the UFC and laments not to sue them in the past.
“I thought:” You are shit. You do not even remember to have signed a document to be stripped, when everything I have been for the company and you had Conor (McGregor) was being inactive and was going to retire and you stripped me for this? “I was really angry. I don't want to say too much; I try to keep everything really well.
“But when (the president of UFC) Dana (White) said:” Any man who wear sunglasses inside deserves that that happens to him, “and now you have sunglasses with the snack head (whiskey sponsor UFC). Dana did not wear sunglasses, and this is her company? “
'So there were only many bad things that I always felt that they are underlying, and I let him go. I let it out. I was p **** d, and it should be. I have always done things for the company. I have always appeared.
Ferguson said previously that he should have sued UFC after a knee injury of a television suffered on a television before a fight scheduled with Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.
He threw on an electric cable and the injury denied him a great payment day.